"Neophyte!" Was all I heard, and , was completely unconscious.

What just happened?

I know I'm not dead. I still feel pain.

Something wet is swiping against my face. it feels weird. Almost like a...

I blinked my eyes, as I wake up. My eyes are open.

Then something wet and squishy covers my eyes again. I open my eyes again.

While I sit up a Bengal tiger is right there. Face to face with me.

I try not to panic. Too late, I'm already sweating. it could bite my face off right then and there.

But instead, it looks my face again. I'm surprised. I'm not that scared anymore. Does it like me? It does a little soft purr, and head butts me softly.

It likes me. I pick up my hand slowly, not fully trusting this wild animal. I slowly pet the top of it's head, and behind it's ears. It purrs like a soft kitten. I continued to stroke it.

One wrong move and I'm dead meat. I slowly put down my hand. it walks behind me, I don't know what it's doing. I didn't dare to turn around.

It starts to lick my wounds on my back. Gross. it's all wet and slimy.

I'm still on my knees. It comes around my my back, and drops a leg sized rope in front of me. It sat right in front of me, like it was ready to play. I was confused. I thought tigers were scary. I guess the books were wrong.

I slowly picked up the rope. I slid it across the grass, while it was still in my hand. The tiger pounced on it, and chewed on it.

I get it. It's a toy. I continued to play around with it by tossing the rope in the air, and twirling it around. Laughing a bit as the Bengal tiger tried to get it.

It lied down next to me. I'm guessing it's done playing around. While I'm still on my knees. I look at the tiger in its eyes. They're beautiful. I look at my reflection. Wait a minute. The last time I checked, I had dark brown hair. What's with the baby blue? I looked closely at my reflection, making sure I'm not hallucinating.

I've must've been too close, because the Bengal tiger licked me in my face again. Gross. I looked down to see its gender.

"Yup, your a boy alright." I spoke softly, slightly embarrassed, and laughing a little.

I just sat there on my knees still, wondering what happened. Then I remembered.

"Neophyte!"

That was the last thing I heard. Then I looked at my back.

I jumped in surprise. I was shocked. What the heck were those things doing on my back?! They were sky blue, and glowing. Similar to Nico's and that freak's, but different design.

I touched them. They were soft. Not feather soft. Smooth. I didn't realize my back was in pain, I must've forgotten. My body was full of scrapes. That lead me into looking on my necklace.

To me, it wasn't that important. It didn't remind me of any lost memories. The last time I checked, wasn't it blue? It was crystal clear now.

I touched my hair. I put it in front of my eyes. It was still baby blue. So now I know it wasn't just the reflection of the Bengal tigers eyes. I want my hair back. These stupid wings, are the reason why my hair is blue now, I bet.

I calmed down. There was no reason to get mad over something like that.

I rubbed the Bengal tigers stomach, as it rolled around.

*Elsewhere*

"Neophyte!" Nico screamed, she was really upset.

"Neophyte!" Elden shouted helping the teeny girl out.

"What if we can't find her?" Nico whimpered, getting upset.

"We'll find her" Elden assured, while putting a hand on her shoulder. "I promise."

Nico nodded while smiling.

•End of Elsewhere•

"Neophyte!" I heard a child scream.

Nico?

"Neophyte!" A male voice followed after the child's.

Elden?

"Over there!" That freak smiled. "I found her!"'

They came looking for me? But why? I'm not that important. I expected for them to just leave and go back home.

"Neophyte!" Nico screamed, sprinting her fastest towards me.

The Bengal tiger got up and growled them. It's claws came out. It stood up in front of me, as a sign it would protect me.

It started growling at them some more and jumping as a sign of 'get back'.

Nico stopped right in her tracks.

"Neophyte!" Nico exclaimed. "Get away from there! Now!" She panicked.

The tiger continued to jump and growl.

I stood up.

"No." I said calmly. "It's okay! I promise."

"What are you? Crazy?!" That freak blurted out. "Get out of there!"

"Get away from my friend, meanie tiger!" Nico screamed, as that freak, Elden held her back.

Friend? They're my friends?

The tiger got more and more active. I stood up.

"Easy boy." I spoke calmly to it. "Down, it's okay, I know them." I assured it. "Easy."

It got calmer, the more I stroked its head. "Sit boy." I said calmly. "Sit." I said calmly changing the tone of my voice. "It's okay."

It managed to calm it down, and it sat. I think I got the head of this.

Nico and that freak Elden walked towards me slowly.

"Stay, boy." I said calmly to the Bengal tiger.

They managed to get to me, and Nico jumped on me.

"Neophyte!" she faked cried again. "I was so worried about you!" she screamed.

"Okay, I'm just fine. Just stop screaming"

Nico giggled. She got down and examined me. Her eyes went wide.

"NEOPHYTE!" She screamed even louder. "You have wings!"

"I know, don't rub it in!" I said as my bangs covered my face. I tried to hide the slightest embarrassment.

"What's with the blue hair?" that freak blurted out.

"Yeah about that..." I faked laugh rubbing my neck.

"That's so AWESOME!" Nico screamed while jumping like a preschooler. "I want blue hair!"

"Ugh." I sighed. "How do I put these things back in anyway?"

Nico and that freak paused.

"You mean you don't know how?" Nico responded back.

They both had a sweat drop.

"How the heck am I supposed to know?!" I yelled clearly getting angry. "I've never done something as crazy as this!" I exclaimed raising my hands in the air and waving them.

"You took them out, you should know how to put them in!" Says that freak.

Before I responded back to him, Nico quickly spoke.

"Concentrate." she calmly spoke.

I got my knees, and put my palms on the ground. Closing my eyes, and looking straight down.

"Think," she spoke softly. "When you got your wings, what were you thinking?"

"What... was... I... Thinking?" I spoke slowly.

"That's right." She responded back "Concentrate."

What was I thinking? I was in deep thought. I blocked out all sound.

When I got my wings what was I thinking?

A vision suddenly popped up.

Do I have wings?

What is it like to fly?

In a world where you can be free.

What is it like?

That's right. I remember now.

I was depending on myself to save me.

I trusted myself to catch me.

Somehow I knew I wasn't going to fall.

I concentrated. I blocked out all sound.

Then I opened my eyes, raised my head up, and looked straight forward.

All of the sudden, It felt like my back was sucking up those things on my back, called wings.

I gasped in pain.

It felt like big shards of glass sticking in your back.

Then they went in. I didn't feel them anymore. I stood up, silently.

"I did it?" I asked while looking at my now scratched up back.

My hair turned to it's natural color. I felt it. I did a sigh of relief. I missed my hair.

"YAY!" Nico cheered while saying, "You did it!" She giggled.

That freak smirked

"Took you long enough." He snarled.

The tiger, continued to lick my scratched up back.

My back was bare now, the wings even ripped through my bandages. The back of my hair was now drenched in saliva. Gross.

The tiger cleansed my back, following along with "Ow's" , and "That hurts."

"Quit your complaining, he's doing you a favor." That freak Elden snarled.

"How about you come over here, ow, and I'll do you a favor freak!" I shouted as the tiger sat on me, licking my back.

Nico giggled and laughed along with that freak.

"It's not funny! Ow!" I complained.

I missed these guys. To think they were going to leave me here alone in the woods.

The woods, was full with laughter.

I can finally trust my friends, to come look for me when I'm lost.

Friends...

Happiness is it?

I don't know what it is...

But I want to stay like this forever.